ux considerations when porting to nokia x
DESCRIPTION
Approximately 75% of Android apps run properly on Nokia X platform without any modification, but maybe you’d like some help improving the UX of your app as you port it to Nokia X. UX expert Jan Krebber will show you how to improve the UX of your Nokia X apps in terms you don’t need to be a UX expert to understand. He’ll focus on the few items most important when it comes to user experience design for Android and Nokia X.He’ll introduce those items and show you how to create a launcher icon for Nokia X.TRANSCRIPT
Nokia X UX considerationsWebinar
Jan Krebber @krebbixuxSenior User Experience Consultant
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• UX essentials• UX offering• Take home messages
Overview
UX essentials
Your app works without changes to the UI.
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Nokia X is based on AOSP 4.1.2 which supports API level 16.
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Nokia X UI is based on stacked layers.
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Glance screen shows time and system’s notifications.
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Lock screen shows time, date and notifications.
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The phone is unlocked with a swipe.
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Fastlane provides access to recent activities, like apps and notifications.
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Apps Menu contains app-launcher icons and widgets.
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Control panel is available throughout the UI.
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Android’s Home and App buttons were dropped to simplify the interface.
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Android’s on-screen back button is replaced by a hardware button.
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Lock/Power key works as in Android but the power-off menu is simplified.
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Volume keys are available via standard APIs.
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Widgets interaction is simplified. They do not scroll inside or resize on start.
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Nokia X uses a different column structure than Android does.
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Expanded notifications are found from Fastlane only.
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Android Nokia X
Contracted notifications are found from Lock screen.
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Toasts show as a black banner at the top of the screen.
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Nokia X uses the HDPI bucket.
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In rare cases Nokia Pure might affect the text length.
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Notification ticker text is not supported.
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Android Android Nokia X
Android’s Menu (3.0 and older) is replaced by Nokia’s Options menu.
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UX offering
You can find more UX considerations for Nokia X from the UX library.
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Take home messages
Your app works without changes to the UI.
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Literature and links.
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• Nokia X UX considerations, http://developer.nokia.com/resources/library/nokia-x-ui/index.html
• Nokia X, http://developer.nokia.com/nokia-x• DVLUP, http://www.dvlup.com
Thanks to:
- Maaike Beenen, - Sanna Hiukka,- Petri Kiukkonen.
